Recaps

Li Chengxing trapped Red Ying and the other Pure World White Lotus Sect member inside the Blackbird Sky Curtain while Mu Yun wounded the fleeing Azure Snake Demon King. As Mu Yun hesitated to pursue it underground, Lu Xuan arrived with overwhelming pressure and called after the beast.

• Li Chengxing used the Blackbird Sky Seal to enclose Azure Wind Valley in a powerful curtain of darkness, and Red Ying attacked it with the Pure World Sacred Chant without breaking through.
• The Azure Snake King recognized the danger of the Blackbird Sky Curtain and tried to flee, but Mu Yun pursued it with his Azure Darkness Sword.
• Mu Yun's Azure Darkness Limitless strike nearly severed the Azure Snake King's tail, but the wounded demon king burrowed more than a thousand meters underground.
• Mu Yun considered abandoning the chase to help Li Chengxing, but Lu Xuan arrived and called out to stop the fleeing beast.
• Mu Yun felt Lu Xuan's immense pressure and stared at him in disbelief.

Lu Xuan pursued the Azure Snake Demon King, but a powerful Nascent Soul phantom called Lion Lord intervened and forced him to retreat. After learning that the demon was searching for the Dragon Lord, Lu Xuan headed to find Li Chengxing, while the chapter ended at the Heavenly Surveillance Division in the Imperial Capital.

• Mu Yun saw a purple light plunge into the abyss and suspected it belonged to the newly appointed Blackbird Guard Vice Director, Lu Xuan, so he hurried toward Azure Wind Valley to ask Old Li about him.
• The Azure Snake Demon King fled through the mountains, but Lu Xuan caught up and struck it with a giant palm of purple qi.
• The Azure Snake Demon King called for Lord Lion Lord, whose Nascent Soul phantom appeared and shattered Lu Xuan’s attack; Lu Xuan escaped using Within Reach, Yet Worlds Away.
• Lion Lord healed the Azure Snake Demon King, warned it to avoid Lu Xuan, and ordered it to find the Dragon Lord with help from the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• After the Azure Snake Demon King fled, Lu Xuan considered the Lion Lord’s power and headed toward Li Chengxing.
• The scene shifted to the Imperial Capital, where the Heavenly Surveillance Division’s towering black headquarters stood near Blackbird Guard headquarters.

Lü Ze used the Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror to detect White Bone’s Primordial Spirit phantom and a mysterious demonic beast, then reported the threats to the Blackbird Guard. Lu Xuan returned to Azure Wind Valley after the Demon King escaped and found that Li Chengxing had killed Red Ying and another Pure World White Lotus Sect fiend with Mu Yun’s help.

• The Heaven and Earth Sun Moon Mirror revealed the Primordial Spirit phantoms of White Bone and Lion Lord in Flying Crane Prefecture, but Lü Ze discovered that their locations could not be traced.
• Lü Ze contacted the Purple Division Head of the Blackbird Guard and reported White Bone’s phantom and the missing demonic beast.
• Lü Ze ordered three subordinates to report the incident to the emperor, then wondered whether Lu Xuan had provoked White Bone.
• Lu Xuan lamented that the perfected Demon King had escaped and vowed to settle the score with it and the Wu Family member.
• Lu Xuan reached Azure Wind Valley and saw that Li Chengxing, aided by Mu Yun, had killed Red Ying and another Pure World White Lotus Sect fiend.

In Azure Wind Valley, Lu Xuan accepted a Seven-Pattern Moon Artifact from Li Chengxing and discovered Red Ying was still alive within the remains beneath it. White Bone Old Ghost’s Primordial Spirit appeared to save him, but fled after recognizing Lu Xuan, leaving Lu Xuan to burn Red Ying away and uncover the artifact’s sealed Heaven and Earth Origin Power.

• Li Chengxing introduced Mu Yun to Lu Xuan and handed him the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact, identifying it as a Seven-Pattern Moon Artifact left by the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
• Lu Xuan detected that Heaven and Earth Origin Power inside the artifact was sealed, then spotted Red Ying’s remains beneath a bloodstained robe.
• Lu Xuan burned the remains with purple flames, and Red Ying screamed for the Supreme Elder to save him.
• White Bone Old Ghost’s Primordial Spirit phantom emerged and threatened Lu Xuan, but fled after recognizing him and judging his strength too great to challenge.
• Li Chengxing and Mu Yun realized Lu Xuan was a Divine Mansion Realm True Person, while Red Ying’s remains turned to ash.
• Lu Xuan’s system offered to extract the Heaven and Earth Origin Power from the artifact, and he finally lowered his guard.

Lu Xuan refined the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact for 80,000 System Points and used them to advance his cultivation techniques, reaching minor accomplishment in the Divine Palace Realm. After Zi Yao contacted him about the Nether Prefecture crisis, he reported defeating the Pure World White Lotus Sect's Primordial Spirit phantom and learned that the sect was Great Xia's mortal enemy, while its deeper origins remained concealed.

• Lu Xuan left the cleanup in Nether Prefecture to Li Chengxing and Mu Yun, then secretly went to a secluded cave to refine the Pure White Lotus Bronze Artifact.
• The artifact yielded 80,000 System Points, and Lu Xuan spent 66,000 points deducing two cultivation techniques, breaking through to minor accomplishment in the Divine Palace Realm.
• Zi Yao contacted Lu Xuan through his Blackbird Guard token and asked whether he had encountered the Nascent Soul True Person and demonic beast phantoms.
• Lu Xuan told Zi Yao that he had shattered the Pure World White Lotus Sect phantom and resolved the chaos in Nether Prefecture, astonishing Zi Yao and the woman beside her.
• Zi Yao warned Lu Xuan that the sect would investigate him and identified it as Great Xia's mortal enemy, but gave no further explanation before ending the contact.
• Lu Xuan suspected Zi Yao was withholding the sect's secrets and resolved to grow stronger until he could overcome any schemes.

White Bone mourned the Holy Church’s losses after Lu Xuan destroyed its forces and vowed to kill the Blackbird Guard junior. The Holy Mother then ordered White Mirage to retrieve a green snake from Fu Prefecture and deliver a message about the Netherworld Python.

• White Bone’s roar shook the palace until a calm voice silenced the storm outside.
• Seven extinguished candle stands flew before White Bone, representing the three Supreme Protectors and four Protectors killed alongside the destruction of the White Lotus Nightmare Flowers.
• White Bone blamed a Blackbird Guard junior, identified as Lu Xuan, for the Holy Church’s losses and vowed to kill him before vanishing.
• White Mirage wondered who had made White Bone suffer such a heavy loss and considered informing Elder Flame.
• The Holy Mother ordered White Mirage to go to Fu Prefecture, bring the green snake to White Path Prefecture in Peace Prefecture, and tell it that the Netherworld Python was at Brocade Scale River in Peaceful Town, Yunze County.
• White Mirage accepted the Holy Mother’s decree, shaken by her appearance and the possibility that she was a Void Glimpse True Lord.

White Flame revealed the Pure Extreme Holy Sect's plans for the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and the Spirit Ruins Land, while warning that Xia Mingyue had grown more dangerous. In Fengming County, a Blackbird Guard patrol faced a human-born Eerie Entity before Lu Xuan intervened.

• White Flame met with the Saintess, who warned him that Xia Mingyue might understand the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron's power and told him to watch White Bone and the Blackbird Guard.
• White Flame vowed that the Pure Extreme Holy Sect would claim both the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and a share of the Spirit Ruins Land when it appeared.
• In Fengming County, a Blackbird Guard squad leader killed an Ominous-Level Eerie Entity with a single strike while patrolling with two fellow Night Watchmen.
• A human-born Eerie Entity suddenly appeared behind the squad, and Lu Xuan arrived with violet flames to confront it.

Lu Xuan accepted Mei Qingyu’s escort to the Imperial Capital after she explained that the Empress had summoned him. The Plum Blossom Guard reported his arrival at the imperial palace, while Pan Cang hurried to inform the Blackbird Envoys about the night’s events.

• Lu Xuan destroyed a terrifying Ghostly Thing with violet flames and discovered that his journey through Central Province had earned him 3,000 System Points.
• Lu Xuan sensed seven approaching martial artists, and Mei Qingyu introduced herself as a Plum Blossom Guard sent to escort him to the Imperial Capital by the Empress’s decree.
• Lu Xuan agreed to travel with Mei Qingyu, leaving Pan Cang and the other Blackbird Guards stunned by his identity and royal summons.
• Pan Cang ordered his men to report the Ghostly Things and Lu Xuan’s arrival to the Blackbird Envoys, then led them away at speed.
• A Plum Blossom Guard reported to the Empress that Blackbird Guard Vice Director Lu Xuan had reached the outskirts of the imperial palace.

Lu Xuan entered the palace after receiving a summons from the Emperor, but Internal Affairs Bureau eunuch Wei Wuji obstructed him and insulted Mei Qingyu. Lu Xuan unleashed his power and killed Wei Wuji, prompting a hidden old man to intervene.

• Lu Xuan resisted the urge to flee when an overwhelming presence summoned him into the palace.
• Mei Qingyu led Lu Xuan through the palace, where Wei Wuji and several Internal Affairs Bureau eunuchs blocked their way.
• Wei Wuji challenged Mei Qingyu and demanded proof that Lu Xuan was the Blackbird Guard Vice Director, then mocked them and threatened to report them.
• Mei Qingyu drew her sword and confronted Wei Wuji after he refused to let them pass.
• Lu Xuan's power crushed Wei Wuji, whose body exploded into a mist of blood.
• A hidden old man appeared and shouted for Lu Xuan to stop.

Lu Xuan confronted Leng Yuanjun after killing Wei Wuji, but Leng Yuanjun backed down and fled rather than fight. Man Qingqiu then escorted Lu Xuan to meet the empress, whose unexpected appearance in casual dress left Man Qingqiu stunned.

• Leng Yuanjun arrived and accused Lu Xuan of disregarding imperial law, but Lu Xuan’s furious display of Heaven and Earth Power made him fear a direct fight.
• Leng Yuanjun claimed Wei Wuji had tried to ambush Lu Xuan, then took three eunuchs away and left the palace corridor.
• Man Qingqiu arrived, sent Mei Qingyu and the Plum Blossom Guards away, and invited Lu Xuan to meet the empress.
• Man Qingqiu opened the black hall’s gates, and Lu Xuan sensed a powerful danger within before entering cautiously.
• Man Qingqiu and Lu Xuan saw the empress on the throne, dressed in a mysterious black tassel dress, and Man Qingqiu was shocked to find her receiving Lu Xuan in casual clothes.

Lu Xuan met Empress Xia Mingyue, who rewarded him with a Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object called Black Spirit Wood for his service in Nether Prefecture. She then asked him to preside over the Great Xia Dynasty's Martial Arts Grand Competition in six months.

• Lu Xuan greeted Xia Mingyue and was startled when she vanished from the imperial throne and appeared beside Man Qingqiu.
• Xia Mingyue dismissed Man Qingqiu, then examined Lu Xuan and marveled at his talent and young age.
• Xia Mingyue praised Lu Xuan for destroying the White Lotus Nightmare Flower and defeating Pure World White Lotus Sect followers.
• Xia Mingyue gave Lu Xuan a black crystal box containing the Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object Black Spirit Wood, which held pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and a trace of Law Power.
• Xia Mingyue asked Lu Xuan to preside over the Great Xia Dynasty's Martial Arts Grand Competition in half a year.

Lu Xuan accepted Empress Xia Mingyue’s order to preside over the Martial Arts Grand Competition and survived a frightening encounter when she tested his reaction. She rewarded him with the Ephemeral Floating Realm, and after he fled the palace, Xia Mingyue asked Zi Yao what she thought of him.

• Empress Xia Mingyue appointed Lu Xuan to preside over the Martial Arts Grand Competition half a year later, and he agreed.
• Xia Mingyue moved close and reached beneath Lu Xuan’s chin, but he sensed mortal danger and used his movement technique to retreat ten steps.
• Xia Mingyue recognized Lu Xuan’s movement technique as containing spatial Law Power and changed her original plan.
• Xia Mingyue gave Lu Xuan the Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object called the Ephemeral Floating Realm, which he realized could serve as a storage treasure.
• Lu Xuan thanked Xia Mingyue and hurried out of the palace, vowing not to return until he was strong enough to protect himself.
• A woman named Zi Yao emerged from the void beside Xia Mingyue, who asked what she thought of Lu Xuan.

Empress Xia Mingyue revealed that she had secretly preserved half the origin power of the Spirit Ruins Land and ordered Zi Yao to tell the Snow Moon Sect to help her destroy the Pure Extreme Holy Sect’s demon fiends. Meanwhile, Mu Yun and Li Chengxing waited at Blackbird Guard Headquarters, where Lu Xuan arrived after meeting the Empress.

• Zi Yao warned Empress Xia Mingyue that an outer-domain force was exploiting a weakness in the Holy Ancestor’s seal, which could fail in about a year.
• Empress Xia Mingyue revealed the Mysterious Black Bird Cauldron and the half-origin power of the Spirit Ruins Land she had kept within it.
• Empress Xia Mingyue asked Zi Yao to tell her master that the Snow Moon Sect should help eliminate the Pure Extreme Holy Sect’s demon fiends after the Great Xia Dynasty was exposed to the outer domain.
• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing waited outside Blackbird Guard Headquarters, hoping to meet Lu Xuan and win his favor.
• Lu Xuan arrived at the headquarters, and Mu Yun and Li Chengxing greeted him eagerly.

Leng Yuanjun delivered an imperial decree appointing Lu Xuan Blackbird Guard Vice Director and granting him a Violet Blackbird Uniform and the Netherflame Dark Saber. After accepting the gifts, Lu Xuan examined a Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object and wondered how many system points it would yield.

• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing warmly welcomed Lu Xuan at the Blackbird Guard headquarters.
• Leng Yuanjun arrived with an imperial decree and proclaimed Lu Xuan's appointment as Blackbird Guard Vice Director, along with the Violet Blackbird Uniform and Netherflame Dark Saber.
• Lu Xuan accepted the decree and the two gifts as the gathered Blackbird Guards rose to their feet.
• Leng Yuanjun departed, and Lu Xuan focused on the Netherflame Dark Saber, eager to use it to improve his strength.
• Inside the headquarters, Lu Xuan inspected a Black Spirit Wood Grotto Heaven Spiritual Object and wondered how many system points it would provide.

Lu Xuan absorbed the Black Spirit Wood, expanding his Divine Mansion severalfold and gaining System Points before beginning to deduce his techniques. While he cultivated, Empress Xia Mingyue appointed him a Blackbird Guard Deputy Division Head, prompting Imperial Capital factions and Wu Jiu to reconsider their plans against him.

• Lu Xuan absorbed the Black Spirit Wood’s spiritual qi, expanded his Divine Mansion severalfold, and strengthened his Divine Sense Power.
• Lu Xuan extracted 15,000 System Points from the Wind Fire Blade and began deducing his techniques, aiming to reach the major completion stage of the Divine Mansion Realm.
• Empress Xia Mingyue appointed Lu Xuan as the Blackbird Guard’s fourth Deputy Division Head and bestowed a Violet Blackbird Uniform upon him.
• Mu Yun and Li Chengxing spread information about Lu Xuan’s strength, drawing attention from Blackbird Guard officers and Imperial Capital factions.
• Wu Jiu learned of Lu Xuan’s promotion and realized that his plan to seek revenge through the Wu Family’s ancestors would fail.

Wu Jiu sought the Wu Family Old Ancestor’s guidance about Lu Xuan and received Primordial Spirit power to confront him, while the family was warned not to defy the Empress’s protection of Lu Xuan. Seven days later, Lu Xuan began breaking through in the Blackbird Guard Headquarters, where purple mystic light surrounded his hall.

• Wu Yuan ordered Wu Shan to accompany him to check on Wu Ming Qing, fearing Lu Xuan’s rise might drive him to act rashly.
• Wu Jiu reported Lu Xuan to the Wu Family Old Ancestor and was told to demand the return of the Moon Chasing Staff in exchange for clearing the attack on the Wu Family.
• The Old Ancestor revealed that the Empress had taken an interest in Lu Xuan and gave Wu Jiu a strand of Primordial Spirit power, promising to intervene if Lu Xuan refused the offer.
• Seven days later, purple mystic light enveloped Lu Xuan’s hall at the Blackbird Guard Headquarters as he chanted about reaching Divine Mansion Realm Completion and becoming a Nascent Soul True Person.

After reaching major completion of the Divine Mansion Realm, Lu Xuan examined the Netherflame Dark Saber and began stabilizing his Divine Sense Primordial Spirit. Meanwhile, Li Chengxing sent two Earth Rank Blackbird Guards to investigate the Western Regions Arctic Land and Western Wasteland Continent, then learned that the Blackbird Guard Director had returned and wanted to see Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan completed his breakthrough to major completion of the Divine Mansion Realm and assessed his increased strength and remaining System Points.
• Lu Xuan summoned the Netherflame Dark Saber from the Ephemeral Floating Realm, sensed its vast Heaven and Earth Origin Power, and returned it before preparing to stabilize his Divine Sense Primordial Spirit.
• Li Chengxing ordered two Earth Rank Blackbird Guards to investigate the Western Regions Arctic Land and Western Wasteland Continent, giving them a Spirit Communication Red Crystal token to contact Lu Xuan in an emergency.
• After the two guards left, Li Chengxing heard the Blackbird Guard Director tell him to send Lu Xuan to the Blackbird Division Main Hall once Lu Xuan left seclusion.

Lu Xuan emerged from seclusion with his Divine Mansion Realm cultivation at major completion and used his Primordial Spirit power to save Li Chengxing from a dangerous inner demon. After Li told him that Blackbird Guard Division Head Zi Yao urgently wanted to see him, Lu Xuan went to the Blackbird Division Main Hall and met her.

• Li Chengxing waited outside Lu Xuan's courtyard after Division Head Zi Yao ordered him to find Lu Xuan, suspecting that a serious matter was unfolding.
• Lu Xuan emerged behind Li Chengxing without being sensed, revealing how completely he could now merge his aura with heaven and earth.
• Li Chengxing's thoughts fell into chaos and his Gang Yuan became unstable, so Lu Xuan suppressed it with his Primordial Spirit power and saved him from a deadly inner demon.
• Li Chengxing told Lu Xuan that Zi Yao was waiting for him at the Blackbird Division Main Hall, and Lu Xuan immediately set out.
• The Blackbird Guards recognized Lu Xuan and let him enter the hall, where he greeted Zi Yao as she approached.

Zi Yao tasked Lu Xuan with investigating a Ghost Realm that had sealed Haoran Prefecture City, where the Wen Family had mysteriously fled. Lu Xuan learned the eerie entity might be the deceased Star Moon Princess and set out for Wentai Prefecture, while Wu Jiu arrived at Blackbird Guard headquarters seeking him.

• Zi Yao told Lu Xuan that a Ghost Realm had appeared in Haoran Prefecture City and that the Wen Family had withdrawn to Mingxin Prefecture City.
• Zi Yao gave Lu Xuan a Jade Slip and revealed that the Empress had ordered the Wen Family killed if the Ghost Realm's entity proved to be a particular person.
• Lu Xuan read that the entity was a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity suspected to have formed from Star Moon Princess's death, then destroyed the Jade Slip and Jade Box.
• Lu Xuan requested a map of Wentai Prefecture and left to meet Deputy Division Head Mu Yun.
• Wu Jiu appeared at Blackbird Guard headquarters, where Li Chengxing confronted him and barred him from entering.

Li Chengxing drove Wu Jiu from the Blackbird Guard headquarters, then warned Lu Xuan that the Wu Family wanted to see him. Lu Xuan arranged to meet Wu Jiu in Mingxin Prefecture, while the chapter ended with a refined-looking man threatening a frail woman in an estate there.

• Li Chengxing humiliated Wu Jiu and ordered him to leave the Blackbird Guard headquarters.
• Wu Jiu threatened that the Wu Family Old Ancestor would come if he could not meet Lu Xuan, so Li Chengxing withdrew to consult Lu Xuan.
• Li Chengxing used his Spirit Communication Red Crystal Token to tell Lu Xuan that Wu Jiu wanted to see him.
• Lu Xuan recognized Wu Jiu and told Li Chengxing to send him to Mingxin Prefecture in Wentai Prefecture, Eastern Region.
• A refined-looking man in an estate at Mingxin Prefecture cursed a dead maid and threatened the frail woman lying on a bed.

Wen MoChen revealed the Wen Family’s plan to join the Eight Great Families and obtain a Ten-Pattern Sun-Rank Ritual Artifact before Wen Lingyun attacked him for abusing Star Moon Princess and killing her childhood maid. Wen Fengyuan stopped Wen Lingyun from killing his son, then ordered him to prepare to receive powerful guests, leaving Wen Lingyun to realize that the Old Ancestor was behind the scheme.

• Wen MoChen gloated that the Wen Family would join the Eight Great Families and receive a Ten-Pattern Sun-Rank Ritual Artifact in six months.
• Wen Lingyun struck Wen MoChen, then confronted him over his crimes against Star Moon Princess and her maid and prepared to kill him.
• Wen Fengyuan intervened with a single finger and stopped Wen Lingyun’s attack on Wen MoChen.
• Wen MoChen begged Wen Fengyuan to save him, while Wen Lingyun knelt before the Old Ancestor.
• Wen Fengyuan told Wen Lingyun to rest and meet guests from the Eight Great Families and transcendent forces in three days.
• Wen Lingyun realized that Wen Fengyuan was controlling the events behind the scenes.

Wen Fengyuan revealed that he had allowed the Star Moon Princess to be harmed so the Wen Family could pledge itself to a coalition plotting against the Empress, hoping to obtain an artifact that might save his failing life. As Blackbird Guard gathered outside Haoran Prefecture City, Lu Xuan arrived and summoned Mu Yun to accompany him into the city.

• Wen Lingyun identified the Star Moon Princess and feared the Empress would destroy the Wen Family, while Wen Fengyuan ordered him and Wen MoChen out of the room.
• Wen MoChen fled in terror after realizing Wen Lingyun had killed his mother, and guards escorted the devastated Wen Lingyun away from the Star Moon Princess.
• Wen Fengyuan recalled that a failed breakthrough had damaged his Divine Mansion and left him with less than ten years to live unless he obtained a Ten-Pattern Sun-Rank Ritual Artifact.
• Wen Fengyuan revealed that he had permitted the attack on the Star Moon Princess as the Wen Family's pledge to the Jiang Family, the Tang Family, and other forces plotting against the Empress.
• Wen Fengyuan worried that the Blackbird Guard or Zhang Daofeng would discover the Star Moon Princess's companion had become a Calamity-Level Eerie Entity.
• Lu Xuan called Mu Yun to accompany him to Haoran Prefecture City, and Mu Yun immediately left the Blackbird Guard camp to meet him.

Lu Xuan and Mu Yun entered the eerie, Yin-shrouded Haoran Prefecture City to identify the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity and determine whether its residents were alive. Lu Xuan destroyed the swarming Black Shadows, but Mu Yun recognized the enormous face that appeared as the Star Moon Princess's personal maid, suggesting the princess was in danger.

• Lu Xuan summoned the Netherflame Dark Saber and led Mu Yun through the Yin Energy surrounding Haoran Prefecture City.
• Lu Xuan illuminated the silent city with his Primordial Spirit power, revealing countless Black Shadows and freeing Mu Yun from the Netherworld Power that had invaded his body.
• Lu Xuan unleashed Heaven Incineration and burned away the Black Shadows, earning thirty thousand System Points.
• The surviving Black Shadows gathered into an enormous woman's face in the sky.
• Mu Yun warned Lu Xuan that the woman was the Star Moon Princess's personal maid, not the princess, and realized something had happened to the Star Moon Princess.

Lu Xuan and Mu Yun witnessed the Image-Recording Mirror reveal the Star Moon Princess’s memories of Wen MoChen abusing Xu Zhilan and the Wen Family Old Ancestor intervening. Mu Yun preserved the scenes as evidence, leaving Lu Xuan to deal with the Ghost Realm and the Wen Family.

• Lu Xuan told Mu Yun to gather the Blackbird Guard while he stayed to handle the Ghostly Thing in Haoran Prefecture City.
• The Image-Recording Mirror showed the Star Moon Princess confiding in Xu Zhilan about Wen MoChen and their suspicions surrounding the Wen Family.
• The memories revealed Wen MoChen ordering men to assault Xu Zhilan, then mocking her as the Star Moon Princess arrived and attacked him with the Mystic Sky Hairpin.
• An invisible force erased the Star Moon Princess’s attack, knocked her down, and allowed Wen MoChen to break her limbs and try to kill her.
• Wen Fengyuan stopped Wen MoChen and killed the guards and Xu Zhilan with a burst of power.
• The scene ended, and Mu Yun told Lu Xuan that the Image-Recording Mirror had captured everything.

Lu Xuan unleashed the Heaven Burning Blade Art and destroyed the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity that had covered Haoran Prefecture City in Yin Energy. After the flames subsided, he examined the System Points he had gained and found a Mysterious Black Hairpin left behind by the entity.

• Lu Xuan cut open the Yin Energy mist with his saber, allowing Mu Yun to escape while he blocked the Yin Energy pursuing him.
• Lu Xuan sealed the city with his Primordial Spirit and unleashed a purple-black fire sea, burning the eerie woman's face to nothing while carefully containing the flames.
• Lu Xuan received 130,000 System Points for killing the Calamity-Level Eerie Entity and reviewed the System's cultivation-derivation options.
• Lu Xuan found a Mysterious Black Hairpin that had fallen from the woman's face.